Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorneys, Celebrity Defendants, and a 24/7 Media Have Hijacked Our Criminal Justice System
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I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work once again with the great creative, committed, and enthusiastic team at Hyperion.
A special thanks to our editor, Gretchen Young. You’re the best! Your guidance, good humor, and endless patience made all the difference.
A huge thank-you to Michael Anderson, who, in addition to being my assistant for ten(!) years, served as the tireless researcher for this book. Your dedication to this project meant the world to me.
Thank you to my many friends who cheered me on during the writing of this book, especially Liz McNeil, Natasha Stoynoff, Elinor Morris, and Elissa Zelman.
I have been blessed with an incredibly loving and supportive family who never seem to tire of listening to my tales of the highs and lows of a writer’s life, and I love them for it. To my parents, who passed on their great love of books to me, I miss you both. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of you. I take comfort in knowing you are still looking out for me from above, and for that I will always be grateful.
Finally, I want to thank my husband, Jim Donovan. Nothing I ever do would mean anything without the love you show me every single day.
Throughout this process you have always been there with your uncommon common sense to listen, make me laugh, and remind me about what’s really important. I love you.
—Diane
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Hallam, Judge Oscar. “The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax: Some Object Lessons on Publicity in Criminal Trials” ( Minnesota Law Review, March 1940)
Ridenour, Amy. “The Supreme Court Is Wrong to Ban Camera Coverage” ( National Policy Analysis: A Publication of the National Center for Public Policy Research, November 2000) I N D EX
Aaliyah, 208–9
Beauchesne, Roger M., 23
Abramson, Leslie, 129, 149
behavioral evidence, 15, 307, 309–10
action figures, 98
Bennett, Edward, 276
Adams, Cherica, 142, 150
Berkowitz, David, 100
Adams, John, 35
Bess, Carrie, 50–52, 78
Alpert, Richard, 287
Biggs, Brandon, 287–88
Alverson, Luther, 306
Biggs, Gregory, 287–88
ambulance chasers, 74–77
Binion, Ted, 59, 141–42
America’s Most Wanted, 219–20
Bird, Susan, 185
appeals, 145–46, 148, 150
Bishop, George, 52
appeals bonds, 173
Bittaker, Lawrence “Pliers,” 94,
Arbuckle, Fatty, 231
96–97, 108
Atlanta, Ga., 2, 3, 7, 111, 156, 299
Black, Morris, 193
triple-homicide case in,
Black, Roy, 3, 69
111–17
Blake, Robert, 26, 61, 142–43, 232,
autopsy photos and reports, 110,
236, 244, 310
118–19
Bakley’s character and, 189–91
Avila, Adelina, 9–10
delays in trial of, 13, 170, 247
Avila, Alejandro, 9–13
Blake, Rose, 143, 190, 191
bond, 246, 247, 248
Baer, Rosemary, 52
book deals, 49–53, 71, 73–74, 78–80
bail, 246, 247, 248
Son of Sam laws and, 94, 100–106
Bailey, F. Lee, 17, 160
Bosworth, Parker, 53
Baker, Newton, 291
Bowman, Patricia, 69, 301
Bakker, Jim, 81
Boyanowski, Glenn, 249
Bakley, Bonny Lee, 13, 142–43, 170,
Boyce, Robert, 149
189–91, 236, 247
Brafman, Benjamin, 17, 26, 241, 244
Bakley, Margerry, 142–43
Braun, Harland, 190, 244
Barrow, Jamal, 240
Brazelton, James, 298
Barzee, Wanda, 202, 203
Breslin, Jimmy, 101
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Brill, Steve, 3
Carr, Maxine, 262
Broderick, Betty, 138–39
Carrington, Francis and Carole,
Broderick, Dan, 138
221–22
Brown, Adrienne, 249
Carruth, Rae, 142, 150
Brown, Derek, 194
Cassel, Paul, 266
Brown, James, 248–49
Causey, Max, 52
Brown, Juditha, 191
Cecil, Thomas, 138
Brown, Nicole, 16, 30, 31, 36, 51–52,
Cedarbaum, Miriam, 253, 254, 255
80, 97, 103, 120, 121, 161, 172,
celebrity status:
231, 307
of defendants, 25, 27, 47–49, 53,
Simpson’s blaming of, 191–92
64–65, 230–57
Brown, Tomi Rae, 248
of witnesses, 80–82
Brucia, Carlie, 201, 278–80, 281
Central Park jogger, 179, 187–89
Brucia, Joe, 279–80
Chambers, Robert, 184–87
Bryant, Kobe, 27, 36–37, 48, 60, 232,
Chapman, Duane, 246
244, 247, 251, 310
Chapman, Jessica, 262
interviews and, 88–89, 90
Chapman, Leslie, 262
leaks in case of, 21, 36–37, 182
Checci, Matthew, 288
merchandising and, 84
Chesnoff, David, 254
Miranda rights and, 171–72
children:
secrecy surrounding trial of, 235–36
abduction of, 201–5, 219–21
victim blamed in case of, 176–84,
abuse of, 209–17, 236–37
187, 203
in foster care, 209–12, 215–17
Buchanan, Sonny, 73
missing, 204–5, 219
Bugliosi, Vincent, 30, 31
molestation of, 196–201
Bundy, Ted, 98, 99
as witnesses, 197, 289
Busey, Gary and Tiani, 249
Christofi, Costas “Gus,” 134–35, 136,
Bush, George W., 223, 273, 286
140, 144, 242–43, 297
Bush, Jeb, 280
civil commitment, 281–82
Clark, Marcia, 31, 78, 160, 161–62
Caldwell, Earle, 143
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br /> Clarkson, Lana, 247–48
Camacho, Jose, 69–70
Clinton, Bill, 81, 82, 286
camera coverage of trials, 233, 234,
Closing Arguments, 134, 309–10
235, 236, 238, 284–301, 309
Cochran, Johnnie, 3, 16–18, 78, 224,
Campbell, Glen, 139, 232, 240
241, 304
capital punishment, see death penalty Jackson case and, 26
Carbonaro, Thomas “Huck,” 105
Simpson case and, 16, 17, 18, 30,
Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial
60, 120–21, 160
Reward Foundation, 221–22
Cochran and Grace, 16
Carona, Mike, 9
Coleman, Edward M., 135, 298
I N D E X
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Columbine shootings, 98
Deitz, Park, 237
Combs, Sean “P. Diddy,” 17, 48,
delays, 13–14, 146, 170, 247–48
240–41, 244
Dellinger, Walter, 254
Constitution, U.S., 3, 4, 5, 15, 18, 27, DeLorean, John, 48
36, 145–46, 289, 295, 296,
Delucchi, Alfred, 43, 45, 46, 59, 71,
311
122
contingency fees, 76–77
Dempsey, John Mark, 52
Cook, David Lindsey, 155–56
Denham, Lynda, 300
Cooley, Amanda, 50–52, 78
DeWine, Mike, 223
Correll, Michael E., 274–75
Dezhbakhsh, Hashem, 270
Cosby, Bill, 69
Dimitrius, Jo-Ellan, 60–61
Cosby, Ennis, 69
Distaso, Rick, 124, 160
courthouse leaks, 21, 36, 182, 238–39,
Dowd, Michael, 105
298
Duckery, Chris, 135
Court TV, 3–4, 8, 16, 45, 46, 47, 134,
Dunne, Dominick, 40, 224–25, 247
224, 287, 293–94, 300, 309–10
Dunne, Dominique, 224–25
Cowlings, Al, 70
Durst, Jennifer, 204–5
crime scene:
Durst, Kathie, 192
jury visits to, 120–22
Durst, Robert, 172, 192–93
photos of, 110, 117–18, 119, 258
dying declarations, 110, 141–43
Crime Victims’ Rights Act, 229
criminal history, of suspect, 110,
Eappen, Brendan, 33
139–40
Eappen, Deborah and Sunil, 32–36
Criss, Susan, 193
Eappen, Matthew, 32–36
Cross, Kay, 300
eBay, 90, 107
Edmunds, Michael, 305
Dahmer, Jeffrey, 97, 98, 263–64
Ehrlich, Charles, 156–59
Danielle Legacy Foundation, 220–21
evidence, 167
Darden, Christopher, 160–61
admissibility of, 171, 172, 307, 309
Davis, Jonathan, 99
behavioral, 15, 307, 309–10
Davis, Richard Allen, 106, 268
commenting on, 169–70
death penalty, 9, 175, 237, 258–83,
disclosure of, 146, 170–71
288, 294, 309
rules of, 110, 118, 119, 122, 169,
Benetton ads and, 85–87
296
for Peterson, 223
defendant makeovers, 128–29, 137–41
Falconer, Justin, 45–47
defense, tailoring of, 167–68
family members, in courtroom, 125–28
defense attorneys, 5–27
FBI, 88, 137, 154, 290, 299
defense experts, 170, 245
Feldman, Steven, 6–7, 126, 149, 200
defense teams, 244–45
Ferber, Edna, 292
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I N D E X
Fialko, Christopher, 150
Hacking, Lori, 225–27
Fierer, Bob, 156–59
Hacking, Mark, 225–27
Fladager, Birgit, 160
Haddon, Ryan, 249
Flannigan, Krista, 84
Hahn, Jessica, 81
Fowler, Eugene, 204
Haldeman, H. R., 70
Franklin, Linda, 73
Halpern, Russell, 206
free speech, 64, 71, 73, 101, 102
Hampton, Tracy, 50
Frey, Amber, 19, 23, 222, 298, 307
Hanssen, Robert, 154
frivolous lawsuits, 91–92
Hard Copy, 70
Frost, David, 70–71
Harding, Tonya, 249
Fualaau, Vili, 101, 102
Harrelson, Woody, 241–42
Fuhrman, Mark, 74, 161
Harris, Dave, 160
Fujisaki, Hiroshi, 171
Harris, Eric, 98
Harrison, Cedric R., 294
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 230
Hart, Melissa, 223
Gacy, John Wayne, 95–96, 98
Hartridge, Chappell, 39–41, 44, 45,
Gannett, Frederick, 37, 178
65, 251, 254
Geer, Randy, 151–52
Hatch, Richard, 249
Gein, Ed, 94–95, 98
Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 290, 291
Geragos, Mark, 12, 305
Hendee, Dodge, 22–23
Jackson case and, 18, 24–26, 244,
Herman-Moose, Sandy, 74
245–46
Hill, Henry, 101
Peterson case and, 18–23, 24, 26,
Hollingsworth, Dennis, 220
42–43, 45, 46, 60, 147, 150–51,
Horan, Robert F., 73–74
169–70
Huntley, Ian, 262
Ryder case and, 26, 60, 145
Hurlbert, Mark, 84, 181
Goetz, Bernhard, 52–53, 263
Goldman, Ron, 16, 31, 36, 51–52,
insanity defense, 236–37
79, 80, 103, 120, 121, 191, 192,
interviews, 68–72, 88–90, 296
231
Ito, Lance, 29–31, 161, 172, 191
Goode, Andrea, 300
Iverson, Allen, 250
Gordon, Ed, 208
I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Gotti, John, 104
Letters, Your Messages, Your
Gragg, Denise, 13
Questions (Simpson), 50, 78, 79
Grantski, Ron, 223
Gravano, Salvatore “Sammy the Bull,”
Jack Ruby Trial Revisited, The: The
104–6
Diary of Jury Foreman Max
Greene, Beau, 273
Causey (Causey and Dempsey),
Grier, Rosey, 31
52
Grubman, Lizzie, 243–44
Jackson, Bruce, 210–11
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Jackson, Michael, 13, 18, 24–26, 48,
Klaas, Marc, 106, 218–19
209, 230–31, 232, 234, 244
Klaas, Polly, 106, 218, 268
arrest of, 245–46
KlaasKids Foundation, 218–19
blame-the-victim strategy in case of,
Klebold, Dylan, 98
205–8
Knoller, Marjorie, 194, 195
prior settlements of, 140–41, 206,
Knox, Michael, 50, 79
207–8
Koresh, David, 96
secret grand jury and, 168
Kostyra, Frank, 90–91
60 Minutes interview with, 71
Kozlowski, Dennis, 41, 48
Jackson, Vanessa and Raymond,
Krantz, Larry H., 105
210–11
Johnson, Dave, 98
Laird, Kenneth, 274
Johnson, Roy, 273
Lang, Chris, 268
Johnson, Stardust, 273
Lange, Tom, 74, 79
John Walsh Show, The, 303
Langham, Don, 158
Jones, Calvin, 54, 55
Larry King Li
ve, 9, 11–12, 19, 45, 61, Jones, Danny, 275
70, 130, 132, 133, 174–75, 220,
Jones, Stephen, 80
222, 230, 252, 303, 304, 305,
Jordan, Ruth (Juror Number 4), 39,
310, 311
41–42, 44, 48
La Suer, Jay, 220
judges, 29–37, 163, 165–66, 283
lawyers:
jury, 38–66
ambulance chasers, 74–77
filming of, 294–96
female, 163–66
grand, 168–69
money and, 23–24, 28–29, 74–77,
petit, 168
148–51
strikes in selection of, 38, 57–58,
Lazar, Swifty, 70
63, 167
leaks, 21, 36, 182, 238–39, 298
victim’s family members and,
Lee, Harper, 285
125–28
Lee, Henry, 17, 30, 147, 151
Lesly, Mark, 52–53
Kaelin, Brian “Kato,” 79, 80
Letourneau, Mary Kay, 101–2
Kahan, Andy, 106, 107, 218
Levin, Jennifer, 184–87
Keith (author’s fiancé), 1–2, 4, 8,
Levy, Chandra, 169
14–15, 123–24, 258–59, 302,
Lewinsky, Monica, 81–82
303, 304, 307, 310
Liddy, G. Gordon, 70
Kelly, R., 208–9
lie-detector tests, 171, 190
Kennedy, John F., 52
Lindbergh, Anne, 290–91, 292
Kevorkian, Jack, 141
Lindbergh, Charles, 290–92
Kidd, Jason and Joumana, 250
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, Jr.,
King, Larry, see Larry King Live
290–91
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Lindbergh, Jon, 291
Meili, Trisha (Central Park jogger),
Litman, Jack, 185, 186
179, 187–89
Lobsenz, James, 102
Melville, Rodney, 24, 25
Lopez, Jennifer, 240–41
Menendez, Erik, 24, 53, 129–34, 149,
Lori Kay Soares Hacking Memorial
225
Fund, 227
Menendez, Lyle, 24, 53, 129–30, 149,
Lovell, Katie, 180
225
Lowery, Josh, 257
Menendez, Tammi, 130–34
Lugo, Julio, 48
Mercer, Anne, 68–69
Luster, Andrew, 246
merchandising, 83–84
Mesereau, Tom, 26, 244
Maas, Peter, 104–6
Mill, John Stuart, 265, 270
Macagni, Danny, 25
Miller, George, 215, 216, 217
McAlexander, Joseph, 204
Miranda rights, 171–72
McCann, Antonio, 196–97
missing persons, 204–5, 219, 221–22
McDonald’s, 91–92
mistrials, 167
McDougal, Linda, 29
Mitchell, Brian “Emmanuel,” 202, 203
McDougal, Susan, 60, 252–53